I'm beginning to realize more and more that we as people need to rely on ourself as individuals. The other night I had plans to meet up a friend for a drink, so I got ready and right before I left the house, I got a phone call from said friend that she made new plans with some other people and asked if maybe she could meet me up later at her choice of destination. Ok...this is not the first time it's happened. I showed up at the original meeting place only to hang out by myself for two hours before running into a guy I barely knew who's number I gave out through myspace. But I'm definitely noticing this new trend of flakiness and flightiness in people. It's almost as if nothing is concrete anymore and people's ideals are changing at rapid rates.
Take for instance, image. One minute pink is the new black, the next black is the new fat and thin was in but now it's out again, only to make way for one or two curves. But don't hold your breath because by next week, maybe curves will be in but only with red hair. And if you're brunette, stick to being thin because blondes have the hair for big boobs. You will never escape this constant stream of obsession with appearance and the media's excruciatingly harsh threshold on the minds of poor young women. It's not enough you have the likes of Paris and Kate parading on the covers of "Ok!" and "People" magazines but checking your email has become a show of "I've lost 15 pounds in two days with Dr. Oz's Extreme Fat Buster Syrup!" Yeah...because we all know that not eating any solids and only in taking liquids is "healthy."
What's happened to this society? It's almost as if we're victims to the fashionistas of pop-culture. Instead of admiring someone's sense of style or aesthetic appeal, we're slowly trying to BECOME that person and in the process, losing ourself. To that I saw, kill your screens before they kill you. If you're trying to find happiness through appealing only to the eyes, pretty soon no one will notice because they're probably already looking for something different. Just be the person you once were as a child, do the things you love even if you get a bit sweaty or dirty in the process. That special someone will appreciate you for that, instead of the clothes on your back.
Take for instance, image. One minute pink is the new black, the next black is the new fat and thin was in but now it's out again, only to make way for one or two curves. But don't hold your breath because by next week, maybe curves will be in but only with red hair. And if you're brunette, stick to being thin because blondes have the hair for big boobs. You will never escape this constant stream of obsession with appearance and the media's excruciatingly harsh threshold on the minds of poor young women. It's not enough you have the likes of Paris and Kate parading on the covers of "Ok!" and "People" magazines but checking your email has become a show of "I've lost 15 pounds in two days with Dr. Oz's Extreme Fat Buster Syrup!" Yeah...because we all know that not eating any solids and only in taking liquids is "healthy."
What's happened to this society? It's almost as if we're victims to the fashionistas of pop-culture. Instead of admiring someone's sense of style or aesthetic appeal, we're slowly trying to BECOME that person and in the process, losing ourself. To that I saw, kill your screens before they kill you. If you're trying to find happiness through appealing only to the eyes, pretty soon no one will notice because they're probably already looking for something different. Just be the person you once were as a child, do the things you love even if you get a bit sweaty or dirty in the process. That special someone will appreciate you for that, instead of the clothes on your back.
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